Fringe-tasseling machine



' May 1.3, 1930,

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earne orrica RGBERT E. WALLESER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS FRINGE-TASSELING MACHINE Application filed March 28, 1929. Serial No. 350,547.

This invention relates to a fringe tasseling the male and female power units; the fringe machine of the general type disclosed in my heading being shown in the normal position Patent No. 1,6535%, granted March 20,1928, assumed when fed through the mechanism; being employed for making tassels used on Fig. 6 is a plan sectional View of the male fringe heading material, trimmings, borders, and female dies and the cams which control curtains, etc, etc. the slidable die bars, the heading and fringe The object of the invention is to provide being shown in normal position; certain improvements in a machine of the Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional View, cerkind described that will provide a means of tain parts being shown in elevation, of the 10 making tassels for fringe heading material male die and parts associated therewith for and securing same thereto in groups of the operation of the slidable male die bars; greater or less numbers, and these groups in Fig. 8 is a plan View taken on line 88 of diiferent positions, thus affording a fringe F 1g. 7, parts being shown in section; heading with tassels arranged thereon in a Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view taken 15 manner to provide a variety of adorning of on line 9-9 of Fig. 7, illustratin he upper U f t and lower adjustable male die blacks in sec- Another object isto provide a fringe tasseling machine with improved means for 'apply- Flg 10 1s a plan view, partly in section, iling binding material to tassels. lustrating the coactlng male and female die .20 A further object is to provide improved bars in the position assumed in an intermedimechanism in a machine of the kind described e Stage of the process of forming an upper that will securely and expeditiously bind assel for the fringe heading;

groups of tassels at variable spaces apart, thus g- 11 IS a longltudinal Sectional view, producing diversified effects in a fringe head- Wlth Par 5 Sl 0WIl in elevation, of the female 35 1 ornamented ith t l die bar and associated power units for the Other objects and advantages of the present 013823151011 'B f; method of fabrication and the means em- I F g. 2 a plan i6W, Simil&1 to F lg. 6, ployed therefor will appear more fully in taken 1 11116 1212 of F 1g. 11, parts being the details hereinafter set forth when taken shown In I1; in connection with the accompanying drawg- 13 S & CIIOSS Sectional. View taken on 89 1113's in which; lll'le I1313 Of Flg. 11;

Fig. 2; is a top plan view of a machine em- Flg. 14 1s a plan detail View of one set of 33 the cooperating feeding mechanism; 10 rs With the fringe cords tied;

b d i my i ti ill t ti th l ft the reciprocating male and female dies, illusand right-hand power units of the dies, and tmtlng the ed pos tlon of the (he mem- Fig. 2 is an end elevational view taken on g- 15 i 1 il nd view Of oneof the line 2 2 of Fig, 1 of th ri ht-ha d id female die bars illustrating the grooves of the machine, illustrating details of the Which guide d recei e the binding wire; feeding mechanism; V Fig. 16 is a front elevational view of the i 3 is an enlarged detail View illustrating h us g 01 t e male die bar and associated the formation of one of the groups of tassels; power unit, the table being shown. in section,

i is a transverse section, taken on line illustrating the mechanism for feeding the 4l4i of Fig. 1, illustrating the means for binding wire; guiding the binding wire from a supply Fig. 17 is a detail view, taken on line 17-17 source (not shown) also showing in face eleof Fig. 16, illustrating the cushion spring vation the male dies and the combing mechaarrangement employed in the feeding mechanismfor tne fringe heading; nism;

Fig. 5 is an elevational view taken on line Fig. 18 isa plan view taken on line 18-18 5-5 of Fig. l, at the rear of the machine, loolrof Fig. 16, of the lower for gripping the ingin the direction of the arrows, illustrating binding wire to be fed; r

Fig. 19 is an elevational view of the guide pins and compression springs which are operatively engaged with the plate which frictionally engaged with the wire used in binding the tassels;

Fig. 20 is a rear detail view of the condiing or brushing mechanism employed in straightening the fringe cords;

Fig. 21 is an elevational front view of the heading and fringes showing rompleted tassels as manufactured and grouped by the mechanism embodied in my invention.

Referring to the drawings in which similar characters of references indicate corresponding parts in the several views of the preferred form of my invention, 25. 26 designates supporting members of a frame hav ing ribs 27, 28 mounted on bars 29 and 30 and secured thereto by screws 31, the frame being supported on and secured to end standards 32 by the screws 33. T he members 25, 26 are provided with front walls 34, 35 and rear walls 36, 37, the walls 3%, 36 being provided with a cap 38 which is secured thereto by screws 39, while the walls 3? are also provided with a cap 40 secured thereto by screws ll this construction. forming the housings for the male and female dies. The caps 88 and 40 have projecting bearing arms, one of these arms 1-1 being for the female die shaft while the arm 42 serves as the corresponding member for the male die shaft.

Mounted below the frame members 25.. 26 are the right and left-hand brackets 43. a bracket 43 being secured to the female die housing and bracket L4: and to the male die housing by means of the bolts 4-5. The bracket 43 has a bearing arm 46 opposed to the upper bearing arm 41 in which a shaft 47 is rotatably mounted and held their against longitudinal displacements by collars 4L8. Bracket -14 of the male die housing also has a bearing arm 4-9 extending laterally therefrom in opposed relation to the upper bearing arm 4-2,. and mounted in these hearing arms 4:9 and 42 is the male die shaft 50 which, in a manner similar to that described with reference to the female die shaft 17. is secured against displacement in the bearing arms 49, 42 by the collars 51. The brackets 43, 4A are further provided with downwardly projecting arms and 53 in which a main driving shaft 55, passing through the cross bar 54 fixed to an end standard, secured and held in place by the collars 56.

On the shaft 55 a pulley wheel 57 is cured, which is engaged by belt connected to a source of po or (not shown). Bevel gears 59 and 60 fixed to the driving 'haft 55 are engaged *ith coacting bevel gears 61 and 62 on the female and male die slafts a7 and 50. Mounted upon the front rib 27 is a pair of bearing brackets 63, secured by cap screws 65, these b ackets supporting a feeding shaft 6% provided with rollars 65 and having thereon a feeding roller ec. This feeding roller 66 has its peripheral fare roughened or covered with a suitable material to frictionally engage the fringe heading 90 and draw the latter through the tassel forming mechanism of the machine. A ratchet wheel 6? is arranged on the outer end of the shaft 6-1 and fixedly secured thereto by the axially disposed cap screw 68. A swing ing arm 69, mounted loosely on the shaft (34. has a stud screw 70 to which is pivoted an adjustable link 71 threaded in a socket at the end of a yoke arm 72 having a slot 73 in which the main driving shaft 55 rides. the latter being confined therein by a collar 7%.

At the inner side of the yoke arm 72 a stud screw 75 having a roller 76 is secured. the roller engaging a cam 77 fixed to the main driving shaft A feeding dog 79 pivoted on a stud 78 on the side of the swinging arm 69 is held to the ratchet wheel 67 by a spring 80. The ratchet wheel 67 is also provided with a locking dog 81, pivoted on stud bolt 82 to a bracket 83 which is held by the bolt 8% to the rib member 27, a spring being .sed to hold the locking dog 81. to the ratchet wheel 67.

An adjustable stop member 86 is threaded in hole in a bracket 87 fastened to the frame or table member 27, said stop member 86 be ing adjustably secured in the position de sired by a lock nut on the shank thereof and engaging the bracket 87. It will here be noted that the arm 69 draws the feeding dog 79 in engagement with ratchet wheel (57 whereby to rotate the latter as the cam 77 moves the yoke '4' 2 and link 71, connected to the arm a predetermined length, and that the spring 88 fastened to the bracket 87 and to the yoke 72 will keep the roller 7b and the cam T? in engagement and, return the arm (if) into engagement with the stop n'iember 81'. the purpose of the stop member 86 being to limit the extent of movement of the swinging arm, and thereby regulate the feeding of the fringe heading 90. 7

fl. guidei ay is provided on the rib member 28. the purpo e of the guidcway 8?) hi inp' to prevent undue lateral moveu'icat of fringe heading 90 having cords 91 thereon. The fringe heading passes under a guide hook held between a pair of clamping nuts 93 on a screw 94: adjuetably secured to the rear wall 3b of the female die housing. it also passes between the U-shaped wire guide 95, which is secured to the table member 25 by nuts 96, and the U-shaped guide 5)? .o secured to table member 26 by nuts $18. A guide member 99 similar to guide 25, and. also haying a tl-shapc. is secured on the adpasses over the roughened feeding roller 66 and then between said roller 66 and a weight ed, friction roller 102, pivoted at 103 to one end of a b 11 crank arm 104 rockingly mounted on a stud 105 in a bracket 106 secured to rib 27. At the outwardly projected end of the bell crank a removable weight 107 is secured.

Below the bearing arms 52, 53 and secured to the under side thereof a U-shaped bracket 108 mounted, and cooperating with this bracket is a yoke 109 having a slot 110 therein, in which the shaft 55 is received. At the upper end of the yoke 109 a cam block 111 is secured. On the shaft 55 is fixed a hub 112 having cam 113 integral therewith, and on the opposite side of the adjacent yoke 109 is a collar 114 in which is seated one end of a coil spring 115 that serves to yieldingly hold the yoke 109 against said hub 112 of the cam 113. A stud 116 with a roller 11'? that rides upon the cam 113 is mounted on one side of the yoke 109. A downwardly projecting portion 118 at the lower end of yoke 109 has a rod 119 secured thereto, said rod passing through a slot 120 in the ll-shaped bracket 108.

A coil spring 123, sleeved on the rod 119, and interposed between washers 121 and 122, provides a quick return action of the cam 113 and associated parts, after the cam has accomplished the combing or brushing process hereinafter to be describec. It will be noted that by reason of the rectilinear portion 113, of the cam 113. the yoke 109 will be restored or snapped back in position to again present the combing and brushing element to another portion of the depending fringes, as described below. A cam 124 that rides upon the cam block 111 of the yoke 109 is fixed to the cam 113 so as to rotate therewith on the sac-ft Extending upwardly from the yoke 109 is a combing arm 125 having a brush 126 thereon, which latter engages the fringe cords 91. In opposed working relation to the brush 126 an abutment plate 127 is mounted on an arm 128 having a slot 129 permitting adjustment thereof, said arm being secured to the bearing arm 46 by a bolt and nut 130. It may here he noted, that as the fringe heading 90 is conveyed through the space lying between the guide hook 92, the U-shaped members 95, 97, 99, and the abutment plate 127, the brush 126 engages the lower portions of the cords 91 that subsequently are formed into the tassels, and also the preceding tassel last formed, and straighten them out, the direct moving engagement of the brush with the cords being essentially a restrained or rather slow movement, while the return or releasing movement, on the contrary, is a comparatively quick or snap-back action.

The above described brushing orcombing operation on the cords 91 of the fringe heading 90 occurs each time said heading comes to rest in its intermittent or step-by-step movement through the machine and just preceding the process of gathering the cords and the binding thereof in the formation of the respective tassels to be presently described. This is done to secure uniformity and neatness in the resultant tasseled fringe product.

Afiixed to the male die shaft 50 just above the collar 51 of the bearing arm 49 is a cam 131 that operates a rocking arm 132 pivoted on the stud bolt 133 located on a bracket arm 134, which is secured to the table 26, the rocking arm 132 being held against the cam 131 by means of the coil spring 135, the other end of the rocking arm 132 having an upwardly and inwardly directed arm 136 that lies between two feeding ratchet shoes 13'? and 138 which are pivotally connected thereto'by a pin 139. The two feeding ratchet shoes are pivoted on a pin 140 in the block 140 mounted on the outer end portion of the lever arm 141 pivoted also on the stud 133. The shoes 13. 138 enter the block through slots 142 and 143. Mounted in the rear portions of the slots 142 and 143 and in opposed relation to said feeding ratchet shoes 137, 138, are two cooperating members 144 and 145 which are fixedly secured to the back walls of said slots. The feeding ratchet shoes 137 and 138 are provided with circular slots 146 and 147, each of these slots having a pin 148 which serves to limit the angular movement of the said shoe, and also to unlock the gripping action of the jaws on the return movement of the operating levers 132, 136, 137, 138 and 141. The arm 141 is frictionally held by means of the plunger 149 against the arm 141 by a spring 150 retained in an adjustable 1101- low screw 151 provided with a lock nut 152 engaging the member 141. It will be noted, as best shown in Fig. 17, that the spring 150 impels the plunger 149 against the surface 26, and in this manner serving to maintain'in yieldable binding relation the parts associated therewith.

A screw 153 for the adjustmentof the ratchet shoes 137 and 138 is mounted on a bracket 154, the latter being fixed to the front rib 2?. The adjusting screw is locked to the bracket by means of a nut 155, this nut providing an adjustment for the feeding ratchet shoes. Wires 156 and 151' are drawn oif friction rollers (not shown) and under the guide shoes 158 and 159 which latter are fixed to a bracket 160. The wires 156 and 157, it will be noted, are maintained in spaced relation by'a pair of pins 158 and 159 mounted in a post 160 secured to rib 2?, the two wires 156 and 15'? being held in frictional engagement against the post 160 by a plate or shoe 161, the latter plate being held in position by two pins 162 and 163. Springs 164 areinterposed between the plate and nut-S164 thereby providing tension, against the wires 156 and 15?. It may here be noted that the feeding of the wire from the source or supply (not shown) is accomplished by the intermittent or stepbystep action of the gripping and feeding; ratchet shoes 137 and 138, which, when moved by cam 131, enacting with the rocking arm 132 on which the ratchet shoes are carried, will engage the wire, moving in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1.

At the lower part of the male die housing, the lower male die block 166is mounteddirectly on fixed rails 167, the adjusting screw 168 on the front wall and the adjusting screw 169 on the rear wall 37 providing means for positioning the upper male die block 165 relatively to the lower male die block, on which latter it is slidably mounted. Lock nuts 170 are provided to secure the adjusting screws 168 and 169 in the position desired. A slot 171 is formed in the block 165, this slot lying in a plane parallel to the adjusting; screws 168 and 169. In the slot 171 a block 171 rides, said block 171 being secured by screws 172 to the lower male die block 166. Pairs of adjusting screws 17 3 on the front wall 35 and an additional pair of screws 17 4 on the rear wall 37 are likewise fixed in adjusted position by lock nuts 17 1, these last mentioned pairs of adjusting; screws serving for the adjustment of the lower male die block. When the upper and lower male die blocks are placed in the position desired, they may be fixedly secured by the locking or set screws 175 which clamp the two blocks upon the rails 167. The upper male die block 165 and the lower male die block 166 are formed with longitudinal slots 17 6 and 177 in which the elements hereinafter to be described reeiprocate.

As shown more clearly in Figs. 4:, 6, 7 and 8, mounted on the left side and near the end of the upper die block 165, a tube 178 is positioned at a point where the upper binding wire 156 enters, for a purpose hereinafter described. From this wire 156 is formed the loop for binding the upper part of a tassel. Mounted in the lower male die block 166, and near the upper end of the slot 177, a tube 179 is located where the lower binding Wire 1:57 enters, the functions of this tube to be described hereinafter. Both the tubes 178, 179 and the upper and lower die blocks 16:) and 166 are lockingly secured to set-screws 180, as best shown in Fig. 8.

In Figs. 6. 11. 12 and 13 it will noted that the female die housing is similar to the male die housing, the female die housing also having an upper die block 181 and a lower die block 182 similar to the blocks 165 and 166.

resting upon supporting rails 183 on the table 25. The lower female die block 182 is adjustable by means of set screws 184 in the front wall 34 and set screws 185 on the rear wall 36, each of the said set-screws being provided with lock nuts 185, which secure the lower female die block in position, when desired. The upper female die block is provided with a slot 186 that fits over a stationary rib or bar 187 or held in position on the low-er block 182 by means of screws 188, thereby locking the upper and lower die blocks against displacement lengthwise, but permitting relative transverse movement thereof. It will also be noted that the upper female die block 181 is adjustable relatively to the lower female die block by means of adjusting screws 189 mounted on the front wall 34:. and adjustscrew 9 1 and 190 mounted in the rear wall 36, each of said adjusting screws 189, 9-11 and 190 being provided with lock nuts 190.

After the female upper and lower die blocks have been adjusted to the position desired relatively to the male upper and lower (lie blocks, tney are locked by means of two set screws 191 which are similar to set screws 175 of the male die housing. The upper and lower female die blocks are provided with slots 192, 193 that extend the full length of both of the blocks, these slots being clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 11. It will now be seen that the slots 176 and 177 of the upper and lower male die blocks align with the corresponding slots 192 and 193 of the female upper and lower die blocks as shown in Fig. 6.

Slidably mounted in the slot 176 in the die block 165 is a reciprocating cutting and looping bar 194, having at its outer end a groove 195 which receives and retains a piece 196 that has been cut from the binding wire 156, the amount cut off being of predetern'iined length but of a length sulflcient for binding the tassel as hereinafter described. ciprocating slidable cutting and looping bar 194 is operated by the cam 197, which latter is adjustable on shaft by means of the slot 198 provided in the face of cam 200, and a bolt 199 fixed in cam 197, said cam 209 being secured by a set screw 201 directly to the male die shaft 50 (see Figs. 5, 6 and 7).

The cam 200 operates a second reciprocah ing bar 202 which, at its forward end, has an inclined surface 202 provided for a purpose which will appear hereinafter. The recipro eating bar 202 has a downwardly and forwardly projecting;- pusher and bender die arm 203 which is slidable in slot 204 in the reciprocatino' cutting and looping bar 194;. The pusher and bender die arm 203 has a dovetail slot and rib connection with the bar 19% for the purpose of allowing said bars 191 and 203 to reciprocate freely relatively to each other by the rotation of cams 197 and 200 upon the male die shaft 50. The forward pusher and bender die arm 203 at its forrmrd end is provided with a circular groove 5266. wherein the cut piece of the binding wire 196 is held while the looping and bending of same is accomplished, as will presently more fully appear. It is to be noted that as the two cams 197 and 200 are operated, these cams will The re move the two bars 194 and 202 together and relative to each other, thereby causing the bar 194 to first sever the piece 196 from the wire 156, after which the cut piece 196 is carried forward by means of the two cooperating bars 194 and 202 until said out piece of the Wire 196 engages a stop post 207 fixed to a trigger arm 208 about which the wire initi ally bent by the action of cam 200 upon the reciprocating bar 202. The inclined surface 202 on the bar 202 operates a shoe 209 which passes through a slot 210 in the upper wall of the upper die block 165, the shoe 209 being fixed to the trigger arm 208 by means of a nut 211 on the screw threaded shank of said shoe 209. The trigger arm 208 is pivoted on a pin 212 mounted on a lug 213 that ex, tends from the upper male die block 165. At the outer end of trigger arm 208 a lug 21 i is formed against which a spring 215, held in a recess in the block 165, is pressed, said spring yieldably holdino; the trigger arm 208 and the stop 207 in the position shown inFi 7 until said arm 208 is actuated by the inclined cam shoulder 202 of the bar 202 riding in engagement with the shoe 209 and thereby Withdrawing the trigger arm 208 out of the path of the cutting and looping bar 194 and also of thepusher and bender bar 202.

In Fig. 5 it will be observed that a U- shaped bracket 215 is -mounted on the hearing arms 42 and 49, said U-shaped bracket serving as a support for a plate 216 having holes for the attaching coil springs 217 and 218. At one end, the spring 21? is connected to the plate 216 by passing it through one of the holes thereof, while at the other end the spring is hooked in a hole in an arm 219 projecting rearwardly from the reciprocating pusher and bender bar 202 of the male assembly, this arrangement serving to maintain the pusher bar 202 against the cam 200. One end of the other spring 218, as mentioned above, is inserted in a hole of the plate 2l6,

while its other end is secured to an arm 221 projecting rearwardly from the reciprocating male cutting and looping bar 19 1, the spring 218 holding said bar 194: against the cam 19?. The springs 217 and 218 also function to insure the return movement of the reciprocating bars 202 and 194.

It will now be seen by inspection and com pai'ison of the male and female power units and the elements associated therewith that the two reciprocating male die bars 202 and 19 must be in alignment with the reciprocating female or receiving die bar 222, as best shown in 11. The said female reci coating receiving die bar 222 supported on the two stationary bars 187, sliding in the lower half of the slot 192, and being ope ited by a cam 232 rota table with shaft. 47. rother bar 223 having reciprocating movement relatively to the bar 222 is operated by a cam 235, the purpose and function of said bar 223 being setforth hereinafter. At the outer end of the reciprocating receiving die bar 222 a pair of opposed grooves 224 are provided which have intermediate diagonally extending portions with a view to forming a slight twist and overlapping of the meeting endportion of the formed binder wire 196. The reciprocating receiving die bar 222, at its upper side, has fixed thereto a plate 226 (see Figs. 6 and 11) which, when said bar 222 is reciprocated, will cause the plate 226 also to move in the same direction in the upper part of the slo Mounted on plate 226 is a pair of pins while at the forward end of the reciproeating bar 223 supporting member 228 is provided in which a resilient ti -shaped member is pivotally mounted, said member 229 being in engagement with the pair of pins 227. The U-shaped member 229 has convolutions or humps 230, the end portions of said member 229 constituting clamping fingers 229. At the forward end of the upper slot 192 is a block or shoe 231 fixed by screws 231 to the upper female die block 181. In accordance with the arrangement described it will be noted that the U-shaped clamping member 229 is held in position by the under side of the shoe 231 and by the upper side of the plate 226, which latter when operated, will move in a straight line. The bar 222 mentioned above is operated by a cam 232 having a bolt 233, which latter is adjustable in a slot 23 1 ofthe cam 235, the said cam 235 being fixed to the female die shaft 47. The earn. 235 operates the bar 223 and the cam operates thebar 222, which, with their associated elements as just above described, contractor move the fingers 229 of the member 229 toward each other.

h lou-nte'd upon the bearing arms 41' and i6 is a U-shaped bracket 236 having a cross plate 23', secured thereto, which latter is provided with holes accommodating coil springs 238 and 239, these details being best shown in Fig. 5. The spring'238 at one end is hooked to a hole in the plate 237 and at the other end is fastened in the hole of an arm 240 projectejd from the bar 223. The spring 239 at one end is hooked in another hole of the cross plate 287 and its other end in a hole of arm extended from the reciprocating receiving die bar 222. it will here be noted that the m and female power units and their asso ci d parts are in a large measure symmetrical with the exception of the elements which immediately coact to produce a bend in theshort sections 19-6 of wire out to serve as the upper binding means for the spaced groups of tassels. As best shown in Fig. 21, it will be noted that the lengths of wire preferably have been so predetermined that the ends thereof slightlyoverlap. If desired, the sections of wire 196 provided for binding purposes may be made longer or shorter by manipulation of the adjusting screw 153 in order to feed more or less wire 156 for binding purposes into the male die block, the notches 242 (Figs. 4 and 6) serving to permit cutting off a slightly longer section of wire to be used as the binder. I have found the present length of wire, as shown, preferable since the ends overlap sufiiciently to prevent the detachment of any individual cord from any of the individual groups of tassels, a substantial saving of wire being effected by the comparatively short pieces used.

The parts which have been set forth in detail in connection with the elements in the upper power unit concerning the male upper die block which coact to form the upper and first bound portions 243 of the tassels, having corresponding parts in the mechanism hereinafter to be described for the making of the second or lower portions of the tassels,this mechanism comprising the parts associated with the lower male die block, as best shown in Fig. 7. A reciprocating cut ting and looping bar 244 is slidably mounted in the upper portion of the slot 177 in the lower male die block 166 and having at its outer end a grooved portion 245 which receives and retains the portion of wire 246 that has been cut off from the continuous strand of the lower binding wire 157, the amount of wire 246 cut off, as described in connection with the lower male die block, being of variable length and for the same purpose as described in connection with the piece 196 out from the upper binding wire 156. It will be noted, as shown in Fig. 7, that in its operation the cuttin and looping bar 244 is actuated by the cam 247, the latter being adjustable on the male die shaft by means of a slot 248 provided in the cam 250 and cooperating bolt 249 on the cam 247, the cam 250 being secured to the shaft 50 by a setscrew 251 (see Figs. 7 and 8).

The cam 250 actuates a reciprocating bar 252 which has at its forward end a beveled or inclined surface 253, the function of which latter is the same as that of the corresponding portion 202 of the upper pusher and bender bar 202. Reciprocating bar 252 has a downwardly and forwardly projecting pusher and bender die arm 254 which is slidable in a slot 255 formed in the reciprocating cutting and looping bar 244. The bar 244 has a dovetail slot and rib connection 256 with the bar 254 which permits said bars 244 and 254 to reciprocate relatively to each other when cams 247 and 250 rotate with the shaft 50.

The pusher and bender die arm 254 has a circular groove 257 in which the section of wire 246 is engaged and pressed against the post 258 in effecting the initially looping and bending thereof. As the function and operation of the cams 247 and 250 are similar to cams 200 and 197, which has been indicated above, it will be unnecessary here to enter into a description of the corresponding and similar functions of the lower die block and the associated parts.

When the cut section of wire 246 engages the stop post 258 which is fastened to the trigger arm 259, the wire will be bent about this post 258, the same as described in connection with the upper and corresponding element 207. The inclined surface 253 coacts with the shoe 260 which passes through the slot 261 in the lower male die block 166, the shoe 260 being fastened on the trigger arm 259 by the nut 262 on the screw threaded shank of said shoe 260. As best shown in Fig. 7, the lower trigger arm 259 is pivoted on the pin 263 which is mounted in a pair of lugs 264 which latter extend from the lower male die block 166. At the outer end of arm 259 a lug is provided, this lug being engaged by a spring 266 which is held in a recess of the block 166, said spring coacting with the trigger arm 259 to yieldably maintain the latter in normal position, as best shown in Fig. 7.

As best disclosed in Fig. 5, coil springs 267 and 268 are secured to the plate 216 described above, the spring 267 being connected in a hole in the arm 269 projected from the reciprocating pusher and bender bar 252. T he spring 268 at its outer end is correspondingly secured to an arm 270 projected from the male cutting and looping bar 24 In the same manner described above, in connection with springs 217 and 218, the springs 267 and 268 have for their purpose the insuring of the return movement of the reciprocating bars 252 and 244.

In the lower portion of the slot 193 in the lower female die block 182 is a reciprocating receiving die bar 271 which is similar to the bar 222 of the upper female die block 181. At the outer end of said reciprocating receiving die bar 271, a pair of grooves 273 and 274 is provided, these grooves having intermediate diagonally extending portions which produce the twist and overlapping of the meeting end portions of the formed binding wire 246. lhe bar 271 at its upper side has a plate 275 fixed thereon whweby when said bar 271 is actuated, said plate 275 will move in the upper part of the slot 193. (See Figs. 11, 12 and 13). On the plate 275 a pair of pins 276 is secured, the purpose of which will be later explained.

Another bar 272 having reciprocatory movement relative to the bar 271, functions the same as the bar 223 which latter cooperates with the bar 222 hereinbefore mentioned. At the forward end of said reciproeating bar 272 a supporting member 277 is provided in which a resilient U-shaped memher 278 is pivotally mounted, the latter being in engagement with the pins above mentioned 276, the U-shaped member 278 having the groups desired.

convolutions or humps 279 and end portions, said U-shape member 278 constituting clan1pmg fingers 279 for holding the fringe cords 91 while the tassel is being bound. A blockv or shoe 280 is secured by screws 281 to the underside of the stationary bar 187, it being here noted that the U-shaped clamping member 27 8 is retained in position by the shoe 280 and also by the upper side of the plate 27 5 which, when said bar 271 is operated, moves in a straight line. The bar 271 alluded to above, is operated by a cam 282 having a bolt 283 which is adjustable in a slot 284 of the cam 285, the latter cam being secured to the female die shaft 417.

On the cross plate 237, which is secured to the bracket 236, above described, additional holes are provided which accommodate the coil springs 286 and 287, as best shown in Fi 12. The spring 286 which, as above men tioned, is held at one end to the plate 237, ms its other end fastened to an arm 288 projected from the bar 272. The spring 287, secured at one end to the plate 237, has its other end likewise secured to an arm 269 extended from the reciprocating receiving die tassel being best shown in Fig. 21.

The functon and manner of operation of the machine herein described and illustrated has been in a large measure indicated by the details set forth above. It will be observed in the operation of the device that the fringe heading material 90, together with the cords 91 which are tied to form the tassels described, is carried through a guidewa 89 and between adjustable guides 95 and 97. An additional guide member 99 and a stop plate 127 is also provided, by which. means the fringe and tassels are prevented from undue lateral movement during the operations which result in the binding of the tassels into The movement of the fringe heading and tassels thereon has an intermittentor step-by-step action, this being accomplished by the action of yoke member 72 which, as the power driven shaft is revolved, is actuated by the engagement of cam 7 7 engaging roller 76, it being observed that as the shaft 55 rotates the cam 77 will com municate a thrust to the yoke, consequently causing the link 71 to angle the rocking arm 69 and further causing the feeding dog 79 the teeth of ratchet wheel 67. While the shaft 55 is continuously rotating it will, nevertheless, be observed that the ratchet wheel 67 will have movement communicated to it only when the link 71 moves in a direc-- tion to positively engage the dog 7 9 with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 67 to revolve same in a clock-wise direction as viewed in F 2. During the return movement of the rocking arm 69, the feeding dog 79 is inoperative, passing over the teeth of the ratchet wheel 67 in a counter-clockwise direction.

As best shown in Fig. 2, careful inspection of the adjusting member 86 will show that the length of the thrust of the return movement of the rocking arm 69 is limited by abutting the end of the adjusting member 86. It will also be observed that link 71 in addition permits a relatively greater or less sweep of the arm 69 when it is shortened, which may be done by turning same in the sockets formed at the end of the yoke 72 and the short member immediately attached to the stud screw 7 0. It may here be observed that as the link 71 is made longer, the angle of its movement will be lessened, the effect of which, when the adjusting screw 86 is manipulated, will be to render less abrupt any changes made by turning of the adjusting screw 86.

The action of the elements which intermittently grip the wire for the step-by-step movement of the latter, to be subjected to the cutting and loop forming operations, has been alluded to above, it being observed that the adjusting screw 153 will limit the return movement of the feeding shoes 137 and 138 which grip the binding wires, this return movement therefore being of an extent capa ble of graduation by adjusting the stop memher 153, thus producing various lengths of the cut pieces 196 and 2 16 of the binding wires 156 and 157, respectively.

The operation of the elements within the male and female power units has also been indicated to some degree in the hereinbefore specification. Assuming the power driven shaft 55 to be revolving, movement will be communicated to the female and male die shafts 47 and 50, respectively, through the corresponding years 60, 61, 59 and 62, respectively, and the several cams secured to the female die shaft and to the male die shaft consequently will be simultaneously actuated to control the feeding, cutting and loop form ing operations above indicated. These elements coact to divide the cords afiixed to the fringe heading into predetermined groups which, by the mechanism indicated, may be spaced at different distances apart, thus producing a corresponding variation in the ornamental appearance of the fringe heading and tassels thereon.

The function of the upper male and female die bars and cams is to apply the short sections of binding wire to the upper part of the tassels, the completed condition of which is best shown in Fig. 21. In Fig.3 the first completed step in the formationof a single tassel is shown, it being observed that the upper male die bl ck together with the coacting upper female die block, produce the upper bound portions 243 of the tassel which are shown in Fig. 21 and that the corresponding lower male and female die blocks and assoeiated elements coact to produce the lower bound portions 290.

It may here be pointed out, that by reason of the adjustability of the stop member 86 to vary the feed of the fringe heading and also due to the provision for correspondingly adjusting the position of the upper die blocks 165, 181 and for adjusting the lower die blocks 16 182 relative to said upper die blocks, the distance between the respective tassels may be varied. That is to say, the variation in the width or distance across at which the upper binding loops 196 are applied is controlled by the length of stroke of the feeding mechanism, and the relative transverse adjustment of upper and lower die blocks centers the lower binding loops 2&6 with respect to the upper bindings so as to produce a neat and symmetrical product. So, too, by varying the relative positions of the upper and lower bindings 196 and 246 and also by varying the distance of separation between the upper bindings 196 the general appearance of the openwork body between the original heading or selvage 90 and the formed tassels is materially changed.

The operation in connection with the applying of the binding w'i'e to the tassels has been in part indicated in the description of the elements immediately coacting to produce loops. itvery revolution of the power driven shaft will cause a corresponding revolution of the male and female die shafts l? and 50, respectively, which, it will be noted, revolve in opposite directions. The continuous wires 156 and which are grasped and fed stepby-step forward through the machine by means hereinbefore described, are individually engaged and primarily out by the bars 19% and a l into sections of predetermined lengths, these sections being received in the circular grooves 206 and 257, respectively, where they are retained until the cut sections moving forward engage the stop posts 207 and 258 which, as best shown in 7, are intermittently actuated as the trigger arms 208 and 255.) on which they are mounted are raised and lowered when their corresponding pusher bars 20:2 and 252 engage their inclined surfaces against the registering beveled surfaces of the shoes 209 and 260.

In Fig. 10 a cut section of wire is shown in an intermediate part of the operation, during which it is thrust forward for engagement with its respective post. In this figure it will be seen that the ends of the gripping fingers are in extended position to engage the number of the cords from which the completed group of tassels is formed after the application of the binding wire thereto. In Fig. l-l the pusher and bender die arm 203 is projecting forward a section of cut wire, which. in configuration is substantially similar to a conventional staple to be clamped about a group of tassels which is held in the position shown by the contracted fingers of the member 22", the contraction of these fingers occurring as the humps 230 are engaged by the pins 227. As pointed out, each revolution of the power driven shaft will sufiice to complete the operation of cutting a section of wire, bending same, and applying it about a tassel in manner to provide overlapping ends of the binding element.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the use and operation of that class of devices to which my invention appertains that various modifications and embodin'ients may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention defined in the appended claims.

l/Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A machine of the kind described including means for holding and passing tassel material in a step-by-step movement through said machine; means mounted in said machine and coaeting with said first mentioned means for binding into unsevercd spaced grou s said tassel material, by independent fastening elements and feeding mechanism for presenting fastening material to said binding means.

2. A machine of the kind described includ ing means for holding and passing tassel material having loose strands intermittently through said machine; mechanism adapted to divide and arrange said strands into unsevered groups and means connected to the machine and coacting with said first mentioned means for applying binding material to said groups to form tassels.

3. A machine of the kind described including means for holding and passing tassel material and binding material therefor intermittently through said machine, and additional means mounted in said machine and coacting with said first mentioned means for cutting binding material into selectively different lengths and applying said cut binding mate rial to said tassel material at predetermined positions thereby separating said tassel materials into groups of tassels variably spaced.

4. A machine of the hind described including means for holding and intermittently passing tassel material having loose strands through said machine, mechanism adapted to divide and arrange said strands into unsevered groups, additional means for holding and passing binding material through the machine and an instrumentality connected to and coacting with both of said means for cutting and applying said binding material to said groups to form tassels, the ends of said binding material being overlapped relatively to each other after application to said tassel material.

5. A machine of the kind described including means for holding and intermittently passing tassel material and binding material therefor in a step-by-step movement through said machine and variable other means for cutting and applying sections of said bindin g material to said tassel material, the ends of said binding material being maintained in overlapping relation to each other when secured to said tassel material, said tassel material being separated into groups formed of a predetermined but selectively variable number of strands, said strands being held in spaced relation by said binding material.

6. A machine of the class described including a main frame, a main operating shaft thereon, a pair of other shafts operatively connected to said main driving shaft, a plurality of cams adjustably mounted on each one of said pair of other shafts, a resilient member connected to each of said cams, a plurality of reciprocating elements one operatively connected to and actuated by said cams, adjustable tassel material guiding and holding means arranged on the frame, mech anism adapted to'collect and arrange said tassel material into groups of strands, tassel binding material supported on and intermittently drawn through said machine by elements connected to and actuated by said main driving shaft, and adjustable means coacting with and connected to means for drawing said tassel material whereby the binding material is cut into predetermined lengths, bent, and then olampingly engaged with said strand groups to form tassels.

7 A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, mechanism constructed and arranged to engage and intermittently advance tassel material, mechanism adapted to divide and arrange said tassel material into groups, binding mechanism including reciprocating bars adapted to apply binding material to said groups to form tassels, and feeding mechanism for presenting fastening material to said binding mechanism.

8. A machine of the class described including means for supporting and confining tassel material in a channel, means for retaining, moving and applying binding material intermittently to said tassel material to form groups of tassels arranged in spaced relation and at selectively differentspaces apart, and means on the frame for combing said tassels prior to the application of said binding material.

9. In a machine of the class described comprising a frame provided with a main operating shaft and a pair of other shafts operatively connected to said main drlv-mg shaft, a plurality of cams ad ustabIy mounted on each of said pair of other shafts, a pair of die enclosing housings connected to the pair of shafts, a plurality of reciprocating elements within each of the said housings and connected to the adjustable cams, a pair of die blocks adjustably secured in each of said casings, said reciprocating elements being moved transversely of their length by adjustment of said die blocks, substantially as described.

10. A machine of the kind described comprising a frame having a main operating shaft mounted thereon, a pair of coacting other shafts operatively connected to said main shaft, a housing connected to each of said shafts, each of said housings slidably receiving a plurality of reciprocating elements, said reciprocating elements being confined in members adjustably supported in said housing, a plurailty of cams adjustably connected to each of said shafts, each of said cams coacting wit-h one of said reciprocating elements, means on the frame for supporting and guiding tassel material and binding material while passing intermittently through the machine, means on said main shaft for periodically combing said tassel material preparatoryto the application of said binding material to the tassel material, means to out said binding material into predetermined sections of variable length, and additional means to apply said out lengths of binding material clampingly to said tassel material to formrgroups of tassels arranged in spaced relation.

11. A machine of the class described comprising a frame having a main shaft operatively connected to a pair of other shafts arranged in spaced relation and having a plurality of cams adj ustably mounted thereon, a plurality of reciprocating bars held by resilient means in engagement with said cams, one of said pair of other shafts serving to cut, bend and apply wire to binding material intermittently passing through said machine, the other of said shafts coacting with said first mentioned shaft to engage and preliminarily separate strands of said tassel material into groups andto clampingly confine said bent sections of the binding material about said separated strands of tassel material to form groups of tassels arranged in spaced relation.

12. In combination with tassel material supporting and intermittently moving mechanism, means for holding and intermittently applying binding material to said tassel material to form groups of tassels having a bound upper body portion, said body portion having bifurcated depending groups of tassels, each of said groups being entwined by a section of said binding material.

13. A machine of the class described comprising a frame, a pair of housings mounted on said frame, a plurality of reciprocating elements in each of said housings, a spring connected at one end to each of said reciproeating elements, the other end of said spring being connected to a plate supported on said frame, a corresponding plurality of members actuated by said reciprocating elements for cutting, bending and applying binding material to tassel material movably supported in said frame, means on the frame for intermittently feeding the binding material and the tassel material while said reciprocating elements are actuated, mechanism adapted to arrange said tassel material into groups of strands, means to vary the length of the binding material moved at each successive intermittent movement, and means for preventing the loosening of said binding material from the means for feeding same intermittent-ly through the machine.

14:. A machine of the class described comprising a frame, means on said frame for supporting, guiding and intermittently moving tassel material through the machine, other means for moving, guiding and clampingly applying binding material intermittently to said tassel material, said last mentioned means applying said binding material to groups of segregated strands and then applying additional binding material to bifurcated portions of each of said groups of tassels at another point of the said tassels.

15. A machine of the class described comprising a frame having tassel supporting, guiding and moving means coactingly en; gaged with binding material supporting, guiding, moving and applying means, said applying means being arranged to apply sections of said binding material to said tassel material at an upper and a lower point on groups of strands thereby forming tassels arranged in spaced relation with bifurcated depending portions likewise arranged in spaced relation.

16. In combination, a frame having a main operating shaft and a male and female coacting pair of shafts coupled thereto, a plurality of cutting, moving and clamping elements connected to said male shaft, a plurality of members on said female shaft for receiving and temporarily compressing a plurality of strands of tassel material, means connected to said male and female shafts for altering the relative position of said elements and members whereby tassels are fabricated having an upper bound main body portion, each of said main body portions being divided into a pair of separated depending portions arranged in spaced relation, and means to vary the number of strands and the spaces between said main body portions and said depending pairs of separated depending portions.

17. A machine of the class described including a frame, a pair of housings mounted on said frame, a plurality of elements adjustably secured within each of said housings, said adjustable elements serving as members to arrange a plurality of reciprocating bars, a pair of members rockably mounted and intermittently coacting with said reciprocating bars, the bars of each of said housings coacting to cut and clampingly engage sec tions of binding material with tassel material at different points on said tassel material to provide groups of tassels, having upper body poriions; arranged in variable spaced relation, and lower bifurcated depending portions likewise arranged in variable spaced positions.

18. A machine of the class described having means for supporting, moving and dividing into groups tassel material, and additional means for supporting, moving and applying binding material to said tassel material at points in proximity to a supporting fringe heading on which said tassel material is secured, said groups of tassels, after the application of said binding material to the upper portion thereof, having open spaces separating the groups of tassels, said binding material being further applied to bifurcated lower sections of said tassel material, one-half of said bifurcated lower portions being clampingly engaged with a bifurcated portion of another of said depending portions, whereby tassels are provided and grouped in upper and lower spaced relation.

19. In a machine of the kind described, means for applying binding material to said tassel material, means to comb said tassel material before binding, and means to form said tassels with a main upper body portion provided with two depending bifurcated sections, said main body portion being clampingly secured by the binding material and each of said depending bifurcated sections being secured to an adjoining bifurcated section of another body portion of another tassel, and elements to apply said binding material at different positions on the upper body portion and on the depending bifurcated sections.

20. In a machine of the class described, means mounted on said machine for guiding and intermittently moving tassel material through the machine, and additional vari able means for maintaining in comparatively taut condition said last mentioned means including a removable weight.

21. In a machine of the class described, tassel supporting and intermittently moving means mounted on said frame, coacting elements for intermittently applying binding material to said tassel material while the tassel material is confined in a spring clamping member arranged on a reciprocating element actuated intermittently, said clamping member including a pair of fingers arranged on a U-shaped member having convolutions, said convolutions being operatively engaged by a plurality of pins connected to another portion of the said machine whereby, as said convolutions engage said pins, said fingers will clampingly confine tassel material While said binding material is applied thereto.v

22. A machine of the character described comprising means for feeding fringed material through the machine, means forsequentially grouping the strands of the fringe, means for binding the respective groups of fringe strands in the region of the heading to which said strands are attached, means correlated to said last mentioned means for re-dividing and grouping the first mentioned iii grouped and bound strands, and means for binding the re-grouped strands to constitute the final tassels and produce'an openwork body between said finally created tassels and the original fringe heading.

23. A machine of the character described comprising means for feeding fringed material through the machine, means for sequentially dividing the strands of the fringe and gathering the same into separate groups, means for binding the respective gathered groups of said fringe strands to produce tassels, and means for combing said fringe strands preparatory to the grouping and binding operations in creating the tassels.

24. A machine of the character described comprising intermittently operating means for feeding a fringed heading through the machine, said means being adjustable for varying the feed of material, cooperating adjustable means for variably dividing the fringe strands and gathering the same into spaced groups, correlated means for binding said spaced groups of strands by independent fastening elements to constitute tassels and feeding mechanism for presenting fastening material to said binding means.

25. A machine of the character described comprising means for progressively passing fringed material through said machine, reciprocatory means opposed on opposite sides of the path of said fringed material and having provision for adjustment to variably divide and gather the respective fringe strands of said material, means for feeding a binding element into cooperative relation with said fringe dividing and gathering means, and means for entwining said binding element about the grouped strands to complete the formation of each individual tassel.

26. A machine of the character described comprising means for supporting and intermittently moving fringed material through the machine. cooperating means for intermittently and sequentially dividing the fringe strands and gathering them into separate spaced groups, and means for binding the respective groups of strands, said last named means having provision for feeding a bindi g element of the character of wire, severing said binding element into individual sections for each group of fringe strands, and entwining said sections of the binding element about the respective groups of fringe strands Whereby to complete the tassels.

27. In a machine for tasseling. fringed heading, cooperating opposed reciprocatory strand grouping devices, cooperating reciprocatory group binding devices, means for passing the fringed heading with its strands between said opposed strand grouping devices whereby to be actuated upon by the latter, and means for supplying a Wire-like binding element to said group binding devices.

28. In a machinefor tasseling fringed material, means for supporting and passing the material through the machine, means for dividing the fringe strands of said material into predetermined groups and binding said groups in the region of the base heading of the strands, and means for re-dividing and grouping said first grouped and bound strands and binding said re-divided groups whereby to produce finally completed tassels with an openwork body between them and the original fringe heading.

29. In a machine of the character described, means for passing fringed material in an intermittent movement through the machine, said means comprising a reciprocatory element, a cam for moving said element positively in one direction to feed the material, resilient means for actuating said reciprocatory element in the opposite direction, and an adjustable stop for limiting the return movement of said reciprocatory element whereby to vary the feeding movement thereof, means comprisin oppositely disposed reciproeatory members for dividing and gathering the fringe strands passed between them into groups, said last named reciprocatory members being cam actuated in the effective working direction thereof and spring returned in the opposite direction, and means for feeding a wire-like binding element into cooperative relation to said strand grouping devices, said means including a device for severing said binding element into separate sections, and means for entwining the said sections of the binding element about the respective groups of fringe strands.

80. In a machine of the character described, means for feeding fringed material intermittently through the machine, said means comprising a friction Wheel over which the material is carried, a yieldably cooperating presser roller for holding the material in contact With said friction roller, a ratchet device for rotating said friction wheel, said ratchet device being positively cam drven in' the feedng direction and spring restored in the reverse direction, and an adjustable stop for limiting the reverse movement of said ratchet device wherebyto vary the feeding length of the fringed material, opposed reciprocatory strand dividing and grou ing devices on opposite sides of the path 0 the material fed through the machine, said devices being laterally adjustable whereby to variably group and space the fringe strands of the material passed between them, and corresponding reciprocating and adjustable means cooperating with said fringe grouping devices for binding the respective fringe groups to constitute tassels.

31. In a machine of the class described, adjustable means for supporting and intermittently feeding tassel material in a channel, means for dividing the tassel material into separate groups of tassels and spacing the latter apart, means for binding by independent fastening elements the tassels so grouped and spaced, and feeding mechanism for presenting fastening material to said binding means.

32. In a machine of the character described, adjustable means for variably feeding fringed material intermittently through the machine, adjustable means for variably dividing the strands of the fringe into spaced groups, means coacting with said grouping and spacing means for binding the respective groups of the fringe strands, means coacting with said first mentioned grouping and spacing means for dividing and regrouping the said bound groups of fringe strands, and means coacting with said second mentioned strand grouping means for binding the said regrouped fringe strands.

33. In a machine of the character described, adjustable means for variably moving fringed material intermittently through the machine, intermittently operating means for dividing the fringe strands of said mate rial into predetermined spaced groups, and intermittently operating means for entwlning a binding material about the respective groups of fringe strands to produce groups of tassels depending from an open-work body thereby created between said tassels and the original heading of the fringed material.

34. In a machine of the character described, means for intermittently and variably feeding fringed material through the machine, intermittently operating means to move transversely of the path of the fringed material in the machine and being adjustable in the direction of travel of said material for dividing the fringe strands into predetermined spaced groups, means coacting with said strand grouping means for binding the respective groups of fringe strands, and similar means for redividing the grouped fringe strands and binding said regrouped strands, said last mentioned means being adjustable with respect to the first mentioned strand grouping means and in the direction of travel of the material.

35. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, feeding mechanism adapted to feed a strip of fringe material having loose fringe strands, mechanism adapted to collect and arrange said fringe strands into groups whereby each group of strands is adapted to constitute a tassel, means for applying an independent fastenmg element to each group, and feeding mechanism for presenting fastening material to said applying means.

A machine of the class described compr sing, in combination, fringe strand gather ng fingers adapted to gather strands of fringe into groups whereby each group is adapted to be fastened to form a tassel, mechanism adapted to feed fringe material to said gathering fingers, mechanism for applying independent fastening elements to each group, and feeding mechanism for presentlng fastening material to said applying mechanism.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ROBERT E. WVALLISER. 

